Aaron Porters' critics accuse him of giving into the government without a fight and of spending more time condemning violent student protesters than arguing against the tuition fee rise. Maybe, the former NUS President, like Labour Justice Secretary Jack Straw before him, has his eye on bigger things?

As the Conservative led coalition government prints money like a 1980s South American junta prices in the shops are rising fast. Students, already struggling under a mountain of future debt, are really feeling the pinch...